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SAS 9.2 Migration

Are you ready to take advantage of the new SAS 9.2 features? Are you looking to upgrade from SAS 8 or 9.1.3 to the newest SAS 9.2 platform? Migration to the latest version of SAS 9.2 has been redesigned to be a smooth as possible allowing your business to have minimum downtime. Let ThotWave use its experience to help facilitate your migration and keep your edge over your competitors.

Here are some features that your organization can benefit from if migrated to SAS 9.2:

  • New Support for x64 based OS such as Solaris 10, Windows, and Linux
  • SAS Business Intelligence integration with Microsoft SharePoint
  • SAS end –user clients have been updated to include cleaner graphics (improved ODS statistical graphics) and expanded analytics
  • SAS Administrators will enjoy having more control over the management of their SAS environment including new logging and auditing features
  • SAS In-Database support with Teradata (run SAS functions in Teradata!)
  • Improved security for SAS Proc SQL pass-through queries
  • Introduction of SCAPROC that allows improved tracking and logging of SAS Macros and demystifies legacy SAS code
  • Web Report Studio has new and improved design time features
  • Improved Dashboarding (new SAS BI Dashboard with Flash enghancements)
  • Production release of C programming environment
  • Integration of JMP with SAS Business Intelligence server
  • 250+ new features in Base SAS including map distance and character string manipulations
  • Improved Data Integration Server has richer integration with DataFlux (data quality, master data management, real time integration)
  • Data Integration Studio has advanced logging and performance indicators as well as functions that allow reverse-engineering of SAS code

 

 

  • Evaluation
    • Auditing of SAS Environment
    • Recommendations on product mix and licensing options
    • Evaluation of information management processes
    • Comparative information on industry best practices
  • Planning and Project Management
    • Pre-Installation checklist
    • Verification and Validation
    • Security
    • Integration with key IT processes
    • Post-Installation Plan (support, mentoring or development of key deliverables)
  • Installation of new environment, migration of data, metadata and modernization of processes to new technology choices and implementation of new features such as auditing and logging
  • User Acceptance and Validation
    • Execution of test plan
    • Written validation (if required) for IQ, OQ and PQ (see Validation Services – LINK)
  • Knowledge Transfer and Mentoring
    • SAS Architecture (tools, technology, configuration)
    • SAS Administration and Security (configuration and best practices)
    • Data Integration and Governance
    • Report Development and Distribution

 

ThotWave can provide your organization with a migration assessment and audit of your existing environment along with project planning, security planning, installation and validation and a post-installation development and execution plan to take advantage of the new features in SAS 9.2. We can also identify what new features in SAS 9.2 your organization can best exploit and what the right tools are for the right problem. With every project ThotWave provides a high level knowledge transfer to the client through one-on-one, small group or classroom training.

Benefit from:

  • Proper planning for product migration minimizes risks of downtime
  • Minimized downtime leads to less costly maintenance of parallel legacy environments.
  • Opportunity to revamp current systems and processes and improve efficiency

 

Avoid Risks of:

  • Falling behind competition curve
  • Complicated metadata structure changes will need careful attention during migrating , security concerns; plan for multi-tier development / acceptance environment
  • Loss of revenue from unidentified opportunities
  • Better access to data and information

 

Implementation of your SAS 9.2 migration varies depending on licensed products, architecture, security, deployment options and legacy data and metadata. But we’ll tell you up-front what you can expect based on the information we receive during the Evaluation phase.

 

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